title: Validity of the Sheltered Care Environment Scale: rejoinder to Lemke and Moos (1990).
abstract: In a previous article, based on open-ended interviews with residents of 1 facility, questions were raised about the construct validity of 3 of the 7 subscales of the Sheltered Care Environment Scale. Lemke and Moos (1990) criticized the sampling of a single facility as having an inappropriate focus on individual differences. Their criticisms are addressed, and a dialectic approach is recommended for use in qualitative analyses for construction and validation of quantitative measures of geriatric residential settings.
authors.affiliation: State U New York, Ringel Inst of Gerontology, Albany.
authors.forename: Gregory C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Susan K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Whitbourne
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D007380:Intermediate Care Facilities; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D011594:Psychometrics; D012112:Residential Facilities; D012931:Social Environment; D012938:Social Perception